Meaning of shipwrecky | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Characteristic of a shipwreck.
2. Weak, feeble; shaky.
   figuratively

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Examples

“"I was only joking. We've escaped from a burning vessel, you know⟳, and every one else is either burned or drowned. We've provisions for a month, if we don't eat⟳ too much, and we're in the South Sea Islands. South Sea Islands sound⟳ nice and shipwrecky, don't you think⟳ so?"”

“But down below he is not so good by any means — no spring⟳ from the loins, and feeblish, not to say⟳ shipwrecky, about the knees.”

“So there I was, standing by the roadside in pitch darkness with my belongings and shipwrecky knees.”

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